SSL Certificate Analysis for ftc.gov - Security Grade & TLS Configuration

Certificate Information

Subject

C=US, ST=District of Columbia, L=Washington, O=Federal Trade Commission, CN=www.ftc.gov

Issuer

C=US, O=DigiCert Inc, OU=www.digicert.com, CN=GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1

Valid From

October 02, 2025

Valid Until

April 09, 2026 153 days

Public Key

RSA 2048 bit Adequate

Signature Algorithm

SHA256-RSA

SHA-256 Fingerprint

E8:50:B4:28:BE:A3:B6:2F:99:2A:17:61:15:8D:67:43:39:0F:2B:FE:73:C8:C3:CA:FF:D6:6F:1C:1D:9D:4A:52

Alternative Names

41 domains

Security Configuration

TLS Protocols

TLS 1.2 TLS 1.3

Forward Secrecy

Supported (Modern clients use PFS)

HTTP Security Headers

Status

Strict-Transport-Security

Present

max-age=31536000 ; preload

Content-Security-Policy

Missing

Not configured

X-Frame-Options

Good

SAMEORIGIN

X-Content-Type-Options

Good

nosniff

Referrer-Policy

Missing

Not configured

Permissions-Policy

Missing

Not configured

Recommendations

• Increase HSTS max-age to at least 1 year and add includeSubDomains
• Add Content-Security-Policy header to prevent XSS attacks
• Add Referrer-Policy header (recommended: strict-origin-when-cross-origin)
• Consider adding Permissions-Policy to control browser features

CAA Records (Certificate Authority Authorization)

CAA Records

Not Configured (Any CA can issue certificates)

CAA Issues

• No CAA records configured - any CA can issue certificates

Recommendations

• Implement CAA records to restrict which CAs can issue certificates for your domain
• This adds an extra layer of security against unauthorized certificate issuance
• Example: Add CAA record 'example.com. CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"'
• Consider adding 'iodef' record to receive security incident reports

Subject Alternative Names

41 domains

ftc.gov bulkorder.ftc.gov bulkorder2.ftc.gov business.ftc.gov consumer.ftc.gov consumidor.ftc.gov edit.ftc.gov loadtest.ftc.gov oig.ftc.gov search.ftc.gov staging.ftc.gov www.ftc.gov edit.bulkorder.ftc.gov edit.consumer.ftc.gov edit.staging.ftc.gov staging.bulkorder.ftc.gov staging.consumer.ftc.gov www.bulkorder.ftc.gov www.business.ftc.gov www.consumer.ftc.gov www.consumidor.ftc.gov

Other domains in certificate

alertaenlinea.gov www.alertaenlinea.gov

consumer.gov edit.consumer.gov military.consumer.gov staging.consumer.gov www.consumer.gov www.military.consumer.gov

consumidor.gov www.consumidor.gov

dontserveteens.gov www.dontserveteens.gov

hsr.gov www.hsr.gov

edit.militaryconsumer.gov militaryconsumer.gov staging.militaryconsumer.gov www.militaryconsumer.gov

onguardonline.gov www.onguardonline.gov